Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book (2019 Release), First Edition

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Note
The artwork should be deselected already, and, if it is, the Select > Deselect command
will be dimmed (you can’t select it).

Removing a brush stroke


You can easily remove a brush stroke applied to artwork where you don’t want it. Now you’ll
remove the brush stroke from the stroke of a path.


  1. Select the Selection tool ( ), and click the purple path with the purple stroke applied (see the


following figure).

When creating the artwork, I was trying out different brushes on the artwork. The brush
applied to the stroke of the selected path needs to be removed.


  1. Click the Remove Brush Stroke button ( ) at the bottom of the Brushes panel.


Removing a brush stroke doesn’t remove the stroke color and weight; it just removes the brush
applied.

Tip
You can also select the [Basic] Brush in the Brushes panel to remove a brush applied to
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